We like to cook. We like to eat. We like to try (and sometimes invent) new recipes and find new places to shop, and sometimes we go out of our way to find specific ingredients. Our tastes are pretty diverse, and sometimes our food adventures lead us to interesting places. We invite you to join us on our adventures.

January 28, 2011

For breakfast last Saturday, I made another recipe from the current issue of Cook's Country. The recipe, for Apple Fritters, was pretty straight-forward, but it did include a couple of nice touches. Probably the most notable one was the recipe's use of apple cider as a way of boosting the apple flavor, rather than simply relying on chunks of apple. The batter includes 3/4 cup of cider - the only liquid in the batter, save for two eggs - and the glaze adds an additional quarter-cup. A cup of cider + two Granny Smith apples spread among ten fritters... that's a lot of apple, and it makes for darn good apple fritters.

The fritters didn't take much time or effort to make. The majority of the prep time goes into coring, peeling and chopping a couple apples. For minimal effort, you get fritters that are really tasty and have great texture: Crispy on the outside, moist on the inside.

Easy and quick to make, tasty, full of apple flavor. There's really not a lot else to say about them. They're good. Trust me on this one.

About Me

Jeffrey here. I'm a licensed psychotherapist, but I won't be writing about that here, because this blog is about cooking and things food-related. My love of cooking developed out of my love of eating tasty stuff, and while I have no professional training in the culinary arts, I like to think I'm a pretty darn good cook.

Hi, I'm Juli. I'm a country cook, was brought up in small-town Iowa and loved my local 4-H group. I like my recipes simple and tasty!